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Lette/rs Patent No. 92,700, dated July 20, 1869.

FRUIT AND CLOTHES-DRIR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, THoMAs B. CARROLL, .of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion, and in the State of Indiana, .have invented an improved Glothesand Fruit-Drier; and I .do hereby declare that the following. is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

The nature of thev invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of the fruit and clothes-drier hereinafter described.

Said'device to be made of wood and iron, or any other suitable and convenient materials.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my said invention,'I proceed to describe it more fully, as follows.

Figure l of theaccompanying drawing is a sectional view ofthe device, which is in the form of a press or cupboard.

A and B are apertures at the-top, to be closed with a convenient door.

C D is an escape-pipe.

E F, the pipe through which the smoke of the furnace escapes. 4

-H and I, a part of the same pipe, conducting the heat and smoke through the cones K K and L L.

M and M, a partition in each of the said cones.

N N, the furnace.

P, the .ash-pan..

a, w, and b, revolving stops or dampers, more fully represented in detail in fig. 2.

Y Z, the cover of the cones K K and LAL.

The whole space from O 0 to G D is to be filled full vof shelves, and closed up in a boxv o1' press-form, with convenient doors.

When the fue is put into the fumace'at a. n, the heat will pass along through I until it strikes M, when 'it will be conducted upwards in the direction of the arrow c, and passing over the to'p of the paltition M, in the direction of the arrow cl, be conducted into WV H, and, passing` over the partition M M, nally conducted into the-pipe E F, whence it escapes.

The heat must of necessity impinge upon the top Y Z of the cones. This will render them and the cones all hot alike.

N 0W if the dampers a w w b and a w w b be open, the cold air will rush in through them, and ill the place of the heated air as it rises, and escapes through C D and A B. The cold air will in its tiun be heated, and thus a constant current of heated air be kept up through the body of the press or box.

If the fruit or clothes should be found to be dried on one side* and not on the other, it iseasy to divert the current of air to the wet side by closing one of the apertures, A or B, and letting the vcurrent of air all run through the other.

What I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is l. The cones K K and L L, when constructed with the partitions M and the cover Y Z, and otherwise made and used substantially as herein set forth.

' 2. The revolving dampers a iv w b,` when constructed land used substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination of the said cones K K and L L and the cover Y Z, and the revolving dampers a w w b, in one device for the purpose, inthe way substantially as herein set forth.

g In testimony that I claim the foregoing specification, I have hereunto set my hand, this 6th day of June, 1868.

THOMAS B. CARROLL.

Witnesses:

THOMAS C. PURs'nL, BARTON Acorn.' 

